Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

Now that you are finished.......













Can I drop you an old Jimny tomorrow for you to make me a copy of your boogie?

Collect it in time for the BigJimny Meeting?

Cheers mate!







Seriously take pride in your creation it's brilliant and you doing your updates on it is allowing me to enjoy the experience vicariously via the Internet.

Thank you Dave!

Thanks Lambert!

I haven't counted my labour in he £3,000 agreed value, I'll send you a quote including my labour :lol:

Bah, the thread has just "turned the page" to a new one...

I just added that I've now insured it too, please see previous page folks...  

Cant wait to see it in the flesh

Looks great Dave, I hope you get many enjoyable trips out in her once we are permitted. I bet you can't wait.

Thanks Guys

Mother's Day today, so not much done... I had a bit of a lie-in, and then went round to the local Cafe and picked up an afternoon tea of sandwiches and cake and a scone, and went to see my Mum for a few hours...

Then, I got back and checked the Jimny over with the thoughts of an MOT on my mind... With it being ready for the road, and now insured, I figured I'd sneak out for a little test drive, test the brakes, steering, gearing, suspension, etc...

 

I'm lucky where I live (in the middle of that red circle), that the road I live on (the yellow) changes to a little-used country lane to the west, and then at the T junction to the left and the right are very few properties, very little traffic as it's a dead end thanks to the A55 coast expressway being built to the north end... So I drove up to the T-junction and headed right to the end, turned round, and then went all the way to the left, turned round again, and then back down the lane and home...

Suspension? - check! It handled the speed bumps well, no crashing, just nice and smooth...
Brakes? - fine, it stops well and doesn't pull either way
Gearing? - that seems fine too, on the lane at the top I stuck it in four-low with the hubs unlocked and the "crawling" speed seemed acceptable!
Stering? - fine too, the steering wheel is centred, the steering damper works well, everything nice and smooth

Back into the garage then!...

And an afternoon of just tinkering...

 

I sorted the keys out... the bunch on the right are mine - the driver's - main ignition key, key to the lockable fuel filler cap, and a key for all the padlocks.... And the bunch on the left are for the co-driver (mostly our Alan when he's ready to return ) so there's the remote for the winch, a spare ignition key (with no imobiliser fob) to get in the glovegox (but can be used if the ignition key snaped to still start the vehicle), a key to the fuel cap and another key for all the padlocks...

Padlocks? Yup, keep up! I bought a set of four matching-keyed padlocks some time ago... 

 

One for the snatch block (winch pulley that is used to winch backwards when a loop of rope is taken off the drum through that giant hawse fairlead).

 

One for the waffle boards... there's a bolt with a wing-nut going through them to hold them securely when greenlaning, but when parked (overnight sometimes outside a pub with rooms ) the padlock stops the bolt being removed...

 

One for the fake jerry can which houses the quick strop / tree strop (a loop of webbing strap with a big loop at one end and a hook on the other, so you throw it round a tree and clip the hook through the ring to winch to safety) .

And any other valuables can be locked in the glove box -



With the ignition key (or spare on the co-pilots keys)

So. that leaves one more padlock...?

I spent a good while trying to think of a way to stop the ground anchor going astray... it's bolted to the rear tray's elliptical diagonal stays with two M12 wingnuts, but is a bit easy to steal, so...

 

I bolted a U-bolt through the little perforated steel 'wall' to match the waffle boards on the other side, and the fourth padlock stops that wandering off too...

Ummm, not much more to do then?...

Wales has just annunced a two week period of "Stay Local" (five mile radius of home) rather than "Stay Home", and that ends on the 27th of March when we (the Welsh) will be able to travel freely within Wales to enjoy the Easter period amd beyond...

So, it looks like I'll be able to go 'laning soon...?

Better book an MOT then?...

That and it's only ten weeks to when we can hopefully get out on on our first trip of 2021 with Brett's group... Covid rules willing...